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Max Verstappen will make the jump to Formula One with Toro Rosso in 2015 aged just 17SANDER KONING/AFP/Getty Images

Sport Staff

Last updated at 11:59AM, August 19 2014

He will not be old enough to drive a car on public roads in his native
Netherlands, but next season Max Verstappen will become the youngest driver
in Formula One history when he replaces Jean-Éric Vergne at Toro Rosso.

Verstappen, 16, has been competing in the Formula Three European Championship
this year, a competition in which he has won eight of 27 races. He joined
the Red Bull junior programme last year and will be 17 when he lines up for
the first race of the 2015 season.